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LNS

rēfrīgerō, rēfrīgerāre, rēfrīgerāvī, rēfrīgerātus

refrīgerō, refrīgerāre, refrīgerāvī, refrīgerātus

refrigero

verb (1^st conjugation)

to make cool or cold
to cool off, cool
To relieve, refresh
to cool off, to deprive of warmth or zeal
to be cooled, wearied, exhausted
to grow cool or languid

Abbreviations

rē^-frīgero, āvi, ātum, 1, v. a., to make cool or cold; to cool off, cool (class.). Lit.: ignis in aquam conjectus continuo restinguitur et refrigeratur, Cic. Rosc. Com. 6, 17; cf.: refrigerato et exstincto calore, id. N. D. 2, 9, 23: calorem, Quint. 9, 4, 113: quod me frigus Dalmaticum, quod illinc ejecit, etiam hic refrigeravit, Cic. Fam. 5, 10, a, 1: membra partim ardentia partim refrigerata, id. N. D. 1, 10, 24: aquam, Plin. 31, 3, 23, § 38: frumentum, Cato, R. R. 92; cf. panem, Plin. 22, 21, 28, § 56: unguentum, id. 13, 1, 2, § 13: plumbum, id. 34, 18, 50, § 170: stomachum, id. 25, 13, 95, § 153: granaria (ventus), Varr. R. R. 1, 57 fin.: quoad refrigeratur aer, id. ib. 2, 2, 11: Neronianas thermas, Mart. 3, 25, 4; Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 17.

— Absol., Cic. N. D. 2, 46, 119: novum (vinum) refrigerare, vetus calefacere, Varr. ap. Gell. 13, 30, 14; cf.: refrigerant olera, coriandrum, cucumis, etc., Cels. 2, 27: aceto summa vis est in refrigerando, Plin. 23, 1, 27, § 54.

— To relieve, refresh: membra refrigerat unda. Ov. M. 13, 903: podagras, Plin. 20, 3, 8, § 17; cf.: ubi enim potest illa aetas aut calescere vel apricatione melius vel igni aut vicissim umbris aquisve refrigerari salubrius? Cic. Sen. 16, 57: refrigerandi sui causā, Suet. Vit. Luc.

— Trop., to cool off, to deprive of warmth or zeal; hence, pass., to be cooled, wearied, exhausted; to grow cool or languid (cf. defervesco): defessā ac refrigeratā accusatione, Cic. Verr. 1, 10, 31: refrigerato jam levissimo sermone hominum provincialium, id. Fam. 3, 8, 1: refrigerato inventionis amore, Quint. Ep. ad Tryph. 2: cum Antonii librarius . . . refrigeratus, ab Antonio transfugit ad Caesarem, his zeal having cooled, Vell. 2, 83, 2: prudens (testis) aliquo urbane dicto refrigerandus est, qs. to throw cold water upon, i. e. to intimidate, check, Quint. 5, 7, 26; cf.: aegre perlegit, refrigeratus saepe a semetipso, i. e. being often stopped, interrupted, Suet. Claud. 41.

—Esp. in late Lat.: alicui, to refresh, comfort, assist, Tert. Anim. 51 fin.; id. ad Scap. 4 med.: me refrigeravit, Vulg. 2 Tim. 1, 16; id. Exod. 23, 12.